CMS proposes major changes to Shared Savings Program

July 7, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] The Medicare Shared Savings Program could see big changes soon if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services enacts a set of policies unveiled Thursday. CMS proposes offering advanced

Considerations for coverage of digital therapeutics – Healthcare Economist

July 7, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] What role should digital therapeutics (DTx) play in our treatment landscape? What regulatory and access processes need to be established to make sure these

Professional Finance Company ransomware attack affects 600 providers

July 6, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] A ransomware attack at Professional Finance Company may have exposed data from patients at about 600 healthcare providers. Greeley, Colorado-based PFC, an accounts receivable management company, discovered the ransomware

FDA guidance on patient-focused drug development – Healthcare Economist

July 5, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] The FDA wants drugs to be more targeted to factors that impact patient’s lives in the ways that they care about. To achieve this

Aetna drops prior authorization for most cataract surgeries

July 1, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] Aetna will no longer require prior authorization for most patients seeking cataract surgery. The insurer reversed the year-old policy for its 24.5 million members except Medicare Advantage enrollees in

CMS proposes CoP for new rural emergency hospital model

July 1, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] Hospitals that participate in the new Rural Emergency Hospital model will have to meet the criteria for participation similar to those for critical-access hospitals, the Centers for Medicare and

How much health insurers pay for almost everything is about to go public

July 1, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] Consumers, employers, and just about everyone else interested in healthcare prices will soon get an unprecedented look at what insurers pay for care, perhaps helping answer a question that

Encompass Health spins off Enhabit Home Health and Hospice

July 1, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] Encompass Health has completed a spin-off of Enhabit, its home health and hospice business, the companies announced Friday. Encompass Health’s board of directors features the separation as a way

An organ for every eligible transplant recipient may be within our grasp

July 1, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] Unprecedented things are happening in the field of organ donation and transplantation, heralding a foreseeable future in which every person eligible for a transplant receives one. In May, the

VA vs. private hospitals – Healthcare Economist

June 30, 2022 0 Comments 0 tags

[ad_1] How do efficiently is care provided for patients at Veteran Affairs’ hospitals as compared to private hospitals? This is not an easy question to